This paper explores the procurement of public buildings in local authorities in the UK under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its consequences for small and medium sized enterprises. Following an outline of the development of PFI in the UK, the paper explains the peculiarities of local...

This paper explores the procurement of public buildings in local authorities in the UK under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its consequences for small and medium sized enterprises. Following an outline of the development of PFI in the UK, the paper explains the peculiarities of local...

This article goal is to analyse firms and manages behaviour on a Portuguese region on construction and industry businesses. The results are based on 251 questionnaires. Usually managers present a low level of school education (changing recently). On what regards management issues it was realized...

This paper presents a study of strategy implementation in the small construction company sector of Puebla. The goal is to understand the particularities of small companies and the possible threats, opportunities, markets in which products are targeted and the types of strategies used. A...

This paper analyzes types of leadership and their relationship with organizational effectiveness in small construction enterprises of Puebla. An analysis of various literature related to the topic was examined, for a theoretical basis. Next, some aspects were measured through a Likert-scale...

The main findings of this paper are that despite the existence of various affirmative action programs designed to improve the position of women and minorities in public construction, little has changed in the last twenty-five years. We present evidence showing that where race conscious...

Understanding the processes that exist within production will help enable companies to determine where weaknesses lie and what steps can be taken to eliminate waste. Indeed, by establishing a constructive atmosphere where employees are able to share information and interact freely with each...

En esta investigación se presenta un análisis acerca de la forma en que se estructuran organizacionalmente las pequeñas empresas constructoras, ubicadas en el Estado de Puebla A fin de conocer su complejidad centralización y formalidad, se revisaron diversos autores relacionados con el tema...